16 August,2016 01:02 PM IST | | IANS
Thiago Braz da Silva won Brazil's first Olympic pole vault gold medal in Rio, upsetting France's defending champion Renaud Lavillenie
Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva celebrates his victory at the end of the Men's Pole Vault Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro: Thiago Braz da Silva won Brazil's first Olympic pole vault gold medal in Rio, upsetting France's defending champion Renaud Lavillenie.
Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva celebrates his victory at the end of the Men's Pole Vault Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. Pic/AFP
Da Silva set a new Olympic record of 6.03m, to beat his previous personal best by 10cm and sent the crowd at the Olympic Stadium into a frenzy on Monday night, reports Xinhua.
Lavillenie took silver with a best jump of 5.98m while Sam Kendricks of US took bronze with 5.85m.
The Czech Republic's Jan Kudlicka and Poland's Piotr Lisek tied at fourth with a best effort of 5.75m.
The result gave the host nation their second gold medal of the Games. Rafaela Silva also won gold in the women's -57kg judo.
